boxer shorts

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noun(used with a plural verb)

men's loose-fitting undershorts with an elastic waistband.

Origin of boxer shorts

First recorded in 1945–50

Also called boxers.

Words Nearby boxer shorts

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How to use boxer shorts in a sentence

When Singer removed his boxer shorts, the suit alleges, the teenager said, “I do not want to do that.”
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She also snapped up several boxes of Calvin Klein boxer shorts.
Carole Middleton Buys Calvin Klein Boxers | Tom Sykes | December 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
They found him tied to his bed wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
Scotland Yard: Dead Spy in a Bag Probably an Accident | Nico Hines | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
She takes it gleefully, and announces "now I get to buy him new boxer shorts, too."
Holiday Coupon Generosity: A Christmas Miracle | Jennifer Frey | December 25, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he reportedly took off his clothes and ran around in his bloodied boxer shorts screaming “I killed him.”
Whose Bloody Footprints Were They? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 10, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

He clomped down the stairs with his cane, wearing a pair of boxer-shorts and rubber slippers.
Makers | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for boxer shorts

boxer shorts

pl n

men's underpants shaped like shorts but having a front opening: Also called: boxers

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